linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] add MAX17040 Fuel Gauge driver

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Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:55:13 +0900
From:	Minkyu Kang <promsoft@...il.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	Minkyu Kang <mk7.kang@...sung.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Anton Vorontsov <cbou@...l.ru>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] add MAX17040 Fuel Gauge driver

Dear, Jean Delvare

>
> In case of error, this will wrap the error code into a u8 and the
> caller won't notice. So you'll return a random value, depending on the
> actual error which happened. No good.
>
> You should either return an int there, and have the caller check for
> errors, or if you don't want to care about errors, return an arbitrary
> value on error (e.g. 0.)
>

Yes, I missed it.

>> > +       ret = power_supply_register(&client->dev, &bat_ps);
>> > +       if (ret) {
>> > +               dev_err(&max17040->client->dev,
>> > +                               "failed: power supply register\n");
>> > +               cancel_delayed_work(&chip->work);
>> > +               i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
>> > +               kfree(chip);
>> > +               max17040 = NULL;
>> > +               return -1;
>
> Please come up with a better error code.
>

Ok, many thanks :)

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